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United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom the term First Minister was used in the beginning as a synonym with Prime Minister. For instance, Winston Churchill, important British Prime Minister once declared: I did not become Her Majesty's First Minister so that I might oversee the liquidation of the British Empire!" Nowadays the term is used to refer to the leader of the governments of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. For example, “The First Minister of Northern Ireland” is a title.

Canada

Other uses

The term “First Minister” is sometimes used to refer to the leader of a sub national entity. For instance, before being changed to Premier, the position George Price occupied was First Minister of Belize. He occupied the seat with the former name from 1961 to 1964. It was then changed to the nowadays used term. Germany will use the term Minister-President to refer to the First Minister in a federal state.